Socioeconomic disparities in cancer incidence and mortality in the United States persist and remain an urgent public health problem. Recent studies of cancer and both individual- and area- level socioeconomic status (SES) have found low SES or poverty to be associated with higher incidence of lung, cervical, stomach, oral, and esophageal cancer. 1-8 Also, a lower incidence of breast cancer and melanoma has been observed among persons residing in poorer areas. 1-2,9 Socioeconomic disparities in stage at diagnosis have also been reported for prostate, female breast, cervical, colorectal cancer, and melanoma of the skin. 1,10 One of the goals of the.
